The future of the Democratic party & the country depends on latinos understanding that Republicans

[Baitball Blogger]

have revealed their preferred societal structure and while they may agree with latinos on matters that pertain to Christian beliefs, latinos are no where to be found in the top tiers of their ideal society. The only expectation is that this minority group will be useful to them during elections, but then suffer the negative consequences afterwards.

So, while they're shock, SHOCKED that the Republicans turned on them, the important thing they should remember is that it's going to take the Republican party one or more generations to leech this perception from the minds of the public. So, minorities who decide to continue supporting them, have to decide how much pain they are willing to inflict on themselves.

By the way, another DUer posted this link, which does show that latinos are finally waking up: 27% in support of Trump. 73% against. This can completely undermine the Texan gerrymandering effort.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5572356-trump-approval-hispanic-voters-poll/

[Iggo]

1. Do you think we don't understand what powerful whit people think about us?

We absolutely do. We’ve lived our entire lives, for generations, understanding it.

The ones you can’t get to are the militarily brainwashed and the upwardly mobile who think their money makes them white and gets them a seat at the table.

Shall we talk about white women next? They need to understand, too, right?

[Baitball Blogger]

4. In Florida, Latinos can make a difference.

Same in Texas.

[Volaris]

6. Itll be damned funny if they gerrymander themselves right into a democratic supermajority

[Baitball Blogger]

9. I am hoping for such a monkey paw effect for the Republican party.

[Volaris]

11. The republican party of old would have never been stupid enough to roll the dice on a stunt like this.

MAGA, not so much. If someone told them looking up will keep you dry, they'd drown themselves in a rainstorm.

[UTUSN]

8. Excellent points

[JI7]

2. The so called xtian values they share is hating anyone that isn't xtian

but the mostly white Republicans hate anyone that isn't white xtian .

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Latinos do have to evolve when it comes to tolerance.

I once thought they had managed to accept diversity because they are a very diverse culture, but the last elections say different.

[ananda]

5. It must be a real mind bender to realize...

that your "Christian" hates and phobias
aren't Christian at all, but rather Old
Testament shit attributed to a very
hateful, vengeful Senex god.

Christ was about love and inclusion,
and that was always clear in the NT.

[Baitball Blogger]

10. In latin American churches, this difference can be reinforced with the right priest.

[EdmondDantes_]

7. Or poor whites who think that Republicans are going to save them

Or white women. Or white men in general. Putting it on minority groups to save us when white people (and I am one) have been enough to break shit just fine even when Latinos voted with us more in 2016, is weird.

Or maybe it's an opportunity for the party to revamp our message to be more appealing to a wider audience. We lost the popular vote in 2024, something we had only done 1 time since 1988. We aren't competitive in a lot of Senate races. One of the things the public is telling us is our hyper focus on identity politics isn't working. Obviously we shouldn't abandon various minority groups, but there's a lesson that we can be speaking to the larger public that isn't happy with the world or ignore them and hope they go away. But right now, the world at large is seeing a rise in right wing nationalism and it's not going away as much as it should.

Take our own agency. Don't blame a group for not responding to our message, figure out how our message can reach them.